Cue tip



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Filed Sept. 8; 1920 E1 s a I 7 wvewfoz w /g g Patented Dec. 4, 1923..

UNITED STATES ARTHUR n. KIRK, or CUYAEOGA Panasonic, Ass-tenor, orONE-HALF MOORE, or CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO. I

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Application filed September 8, 1920. Serial No. 408,830.

To all w 7mm it may concern:

Belt known that I, ARTHUR H. KIRK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cuyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State ofOhio,'have invented new and useful Improvements in Cue Tips, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to billiard cues and has particular reference tocertain new and useful improvements in tips for such cues and to a newand improved means for attaching such tips to a cue.

Objects of the invention are to provide a resilient tip of simple,economical construction, which is pro-vided with means whereby the samemay be quickly and securely attached to the one and quickly and easilyre moved therefrom.

A further object is to provide a tip of the character above indicatedwhich will be extremely efiicient in use, and to provide means wherebythe same may be detachably secured to a one and positively held thereonagainst unintentional removal.

The above objects are accomplished and other ends are attained by thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of pants hereinafterdescribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which forms apart hereof and in which I have shown a preferred embodiment of theinvention, it being understood that the invention is capable of variousadaptations and that changes, variations and modifications may be madeor substitutions resorted to which come within the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

In the drawings in which similar numerals of reference are employed todesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the end portion of a billiard oneprovided with a tip constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a central, longitudinal sectional view of same taken asindicated by the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a central, longitudinal, sectional view of the ferruleemployed in carrying out the invention.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the attaching portion of the tippro-per, and

Figure 5 is a central, sectional view of the resilient portion of thetip proper which in use is vulcanized to the base portion, but

screw threads 10; The ferrule 9 is constructed so as to fit snugly overthe reduced portion 7 of the cue rod 6, so that the inner edge of theferrule will seat against the shoulder 8. The ferrule 9 is substantiallylonger than the reduced portion 7 so that when fitted thereon, it willextend beyond the reduced portion 7 which fills the bore of the ferruleto the screw threads 10 so that the tip portion may be screwed thereinas hereinafter set forth. The cue tip comprises a resilient pad 16vulcanized to the the tip base 11. The tip base 11 is composed of metaland comprises a cylindrical threaded portion 12 which is provided withexternal screw threads adapted to operatively engage the screw threads10 of the ferrule and be screwed into said bore with the inwardlyextending end of the base portion 11 positioned against the end of thecue rod. The central portion 17 of the tip base 11 is enlarged so astoform a disk of the same diameter as the ferrule 9 and a radial bore 15is formed in said disk for the purpose of providing a seat for a spannerwrench which may be used as hereinafter set forth. The disk-like portion17 is provided with an outwardly protruding portion 14 which iscoaxially arranged in relation thereto and is provided with a suitablehead 13.

The numeral 16 isused to denote a resilient tip pad which is vulcanizedto the disk 17 and around the protuberance 14. The resilient pad 16 isformed by placing the desired quantity of unvulcanized rubbercomposition on the disk 17 and around the protuberance 14 and thenshaping the pad andsubjec'ting the same to a vulcanizing heat for asufficient period of time to insure the desired degree of vulcanization.

In use, a cue rod 6 is equipped with the ferrule 9 and the tip base 11,having a soft pad 16 vulcanized thereto, is threaded into the bore ofthe ferrule until the disk-like portion 17 of the tip is in contact withthe end of the ferrule and the end of the base 11 is against the end ofthe cue rod 6. A'

spanner wrench formed to fit around the disk-like portion 17 with itspin seated .in the bore 15 may be used to tighten or loosen the tip fromthe ferrule 9. The composition of the soft pad 16 may be varied tosecure any desired degree of elasticity and various tips may be employedwith one one rod and the same interchangeably used; thereon.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. A billiard cue corn-prising a tapered cuerod, a 'ferrule fittedon the small end thereof so as to, extendthere-beyond, internal screw threads in said ferrule a tip base havingan externally threaded portion adapted to be screwed into said ferrule,an outwardly protruding portion coaxially arranged on said base, a headon said pro- 'truding p'ortionand a pad of resilient material vulcanizedto said base and to said protruding portion.

2. A billiard cue comprising incombination a cue rod, a ferrule fittedover the end thereof so as to project therebeyond, internal screwthreads in the outer portion of said iiel'r a ip base having anexternally threaded portion adapted to be screwed into said ferrule,said tip base having a disk-like central portionwhich is pro.- videdwith an integrally formed protuber ance which projectscoaxiallyjtl-ierefromg a 7 soft pad of rubber composition formed on saiddisk-like portion and around said protuberance, the said pad beingsecured to said disk and tothe said protuberance by vulcanization. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ARTHUR R. KIRK;

